Jeff Trolley, former photographer with Hampshire-based News and Mail, has undergone surgery after being savaged by a dog.

Jeff, who worked for the company for 45 years, was walking with his partner in Farnborough when the Staffordshire Bull Terrier attacked them.

He was left needing a skin graft on his arm after the dog bit it down to the bone.

Read about his ordeal on gethampshire.co.uk.

The sixth Business Travel Journalism Awards are now open for entries. There are ten categories including best business travel supplement and a special achievement award.

Prizes will be presented at One Whitehall Place, London, on 17 November.

Deadline for entries is 10 September – for more information and to enter visit the awards website.

Bognor Regis Observer reporter Greg Miles is tackling the London 10K race in memory of a friend who died in a car crash.

He is hoping to raise £500 for road safety charity Brake and has already surpassed the halfway mark.

Greg’s friend, who was an aspiring musician, died in 2006 on his way home from a performance for BBC Southern Counties Radio.

Visit his online fundraising page to sponsor him for the 12 July race.

The Birmingham Mail is running a prize scheme for its best letter writer each week.

The top masterful musings of one of its readers will earn them a sterling silver impress of the historic Penny Black stamp worth £26. Letter of month winners will receive a stamp yearbook worth £58.

Former Bury Times reporter turned novelist Mike Morley has released his second book.

Called ‘Viper’, it follows a mafia mob call the Camorra and is the sequel to his best-selling debut book Spider.

The Birmingham Press Club is sporting a new-look website.

It’s now offering a more modern and brighter look – check it out by clicking the image below.